Paolo Vanoli admits that ‘everyone’ at Fiorentina has work to do to get out of the relegation zone in Serie A, has defined how he plans to enhance La Viola defensively, and has defined why he determined to take the job on in such a fragile scenario.
Vanoli was final week, changing Stefano Pioli, who was appointed over the summer season however did not win any of his 10 league matches in cost.
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As issues stand, Fiorentina sit useless final in Serie A with simply 5 factors from their first 11 matches of the season.
Although he has already taken cost of his first match, , additionally within the relegation zone, Vanoli gave his introductory in entrance of the media on Wednesday.
Vanoli on Fiorentina points, changing Pioli and Serie A survival
GENOA, ITALY – NOVEMBER 09: Paolo Vanoli, Head Coach of Fiorentina appears to be like on previous to the Serie A match between Genoa CFC and ACF Fiorentina at Luigi Ferraris Stadium on November 09, 2025 in Genoa, Italy. (Photograph by Simone Arveda/Getty Pictures)
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Vanoli started his press convention with a couple of phrases of sympathy for Viola midfielder Amir Richardson, who has just lately misplaced his father.
“I need to begin by providing my condolences to Amir, as a result of he’s suffered an unlimited loss.”
Then, Vanoli started to clarify why he determined to tackle this particular problem at Fiorentina. “As a result of I do know what Florence is like, and I do know that the membership has proven a number of progress. These challenges encourage me, they provide me power, however most significantly, they don’t scare me.
“The street will probably be lengthy and hard, and that’s why we’ve to have clear minds. It’ll take time, sacrifice and onerous work to get out of this case. Let’s depart the January switch window to 1 aspect.
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“I’ve heard a number of issues concerning the preparations over the summer season. I don’t need to examine myself to somebody who has completed issues to assist Fiorentina (referring to Stefano Pioli), speaking like that, or concerning the switch window, wouldn’t be the best factor to do. We’re serious about our subsequent recreation, which will probably be vital and troublesome for us.”
GENOA, ITALY – NOVEMBER 09: Paolo Vanoli, Head Coach of Fiorentina appears to be like on previous to the Serie A match between Genoa CFC and ACF Fiorentina at Luigi Ferraris Stadium on November 09, 2025 in Genoa, Italy. (Photograph by Simone Arveda/Getty Pictures)
Vanoli was requested if he thinks it’s possible that Fiorentina keep away from relegation whereas additionally competing for a European title within the Convention League, to which he replied: “Now we have to take issues recreation by recreation.
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“The league is one purpose, the cup is completely different. The error now can be to consider what we will obtain sooner or later. Now we have to take small steps. Within the league, we take into consideration the league. Within the cup, we take into consideration the cup. Let’s set ourselves small targets, in any other case we get ‘knocked out’ as I name it.”
Vanoli was requested what he made from the ‘questionable’ exercise on social media by a few of his gamers in current weeks.
He replied: “Now we have to show classes on behaviour. These guys are youngsters, who generally make errors. When we’ve these errors, we merely should take the participant, sit them down and inform them the best way to behave. That’s progress, understanding why gamers make sure errors.”
And when requested about Fiorentina’s defensive points, Vanoli stated: “If we have a look at the stats, we’ve to confess that all of us have a bit of labor to do. We need to begin from the easy issues first, like compactness. We concede a number of targets from set items. I’ve tried man-to-man marking in a single coaching session.
“Now we have to be extra cautious, we’ve already seen that with the targets conceded towards Genoa.”